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From: yuan@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu (Yuan Chang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: DEAD Amiga 8(
Keywords: dead dead dead...
Message-ID: <2457@uhccux.uhcc.hawaii.edu>
Date: 3 Oct 88 04:43:25 GMT
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Organization: Univ. of Barbarians.  Honolulu, Hawaii
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	My amiga just died a very sudden death, and my attempts to diagnose
the problem lead me nowhere, so, HELP!
	
System:	  Amiga 1000 with 1.5M total (C Ltd AMega board)

Symptom:  System was left on for more than an hour (while I watched US 
          men's volleyball team defeat the Soviets 8).  Came back after
	  the match to use dnet.  Found a copy of dnet still running in
	  memory.  So I did a warm-boot.  Screen blanked, and came up
	  purple.  Strange, I thought...  Try the three-finger trick again,
	  and this time the system didn't respond.  Now I'm in trouble...
	  Turned the computer off, let it sit for a few seconds, and turned
	  it back on:  I got several horizontal streaks of purple.  No
	  drive activity, and the power LED didn't blink...  
Other
Symptoms: Connected another computer to the serial port to listen for error
	  codes.  Nothing.  Unplugged everything except the monitor.
	  Nothing.  Took the computer apart and reseated all the chips.
	  Nothing.  Checked the voltages out of the power supply: got +5,
	  +12, -5, and +3.5(?).   Don't have the hardware manual with me,
	  so don't know if they're the proper voltages... Admired all the 
	  signatures on the cover...  Somehow that didn't help either 8).

	Any idea what could be wrong?  I'm beginning to miss Marble
	Madness! already... 8(
-- 
Yuan Chang 				      "What can go wrong, did"
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